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A UK-based New Zealander delights at Guardian cartoons and has the distinction of contributing obituaries of Tongan royalty<p>In 1974, aged 23, I came to the UK from New Zealand and stayed with my sister and brother-in-law, then living in north London. They read the Guardian, and since then the paper has been my first choice wherever I am in the world.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2012/may/04/good-to-meet-you-roger-cowell">Continue reading...</a>The GuardianNewspapers & magazinesNewspapersNational newspapersMediaFri, 04 May 2012 20:00:01 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2012/may/04/good-to-meet-you-roger-cowellRoger Cowell2012-05-04T20:00:01ZKing George Tupou V of Tonga obituaryhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/mar/26/king-george-tupou-v-of-tonga
Pragmatic ruler of the South Pacific state<p>King George Tupou V of Tonga, who has died aged 63 after suffering from cancer, was, like his father, <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/sep/20/guardianobituaries.rogercowe" title="Taufaahau Tupou IV obituary">Taufa'ahau Tupou IV</a>, crown prince for more than 40 years before succeeding to the throne. A pragmatic ruler, he accelerated democratic reforms in the South Pacific archipelago of more than 170 islands to the north-east of New Zealand, around 50 of them inhabited by a total population of 106,000.</p><p>When, in 2006, George Tupou became king, he inherited a troubled and impoverished state. Few expected that he could gain his subjects' affection to any extent approaching his two immediate predecessors; his grandmother was the popular Queen Salote.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/mar/26/king-george-tupou-v-of-tonga">Continue reading...</a>TongaSouth PacificAsia PacificWorld newsMon, 26 Mar 2012 17:43:15 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/mar/26/king-george-tupou-v-of-tongaPhotograph: STR/ReutersKing George Tupou V's coronation in 2008. Photograph: Action Press/ReutersPhotograph: STR/ReutersKing George Tupou V's coronation in 2008. Photograph: Action Press/ReutersRoger Cowell2012-03-26T17:43:15ZObituary: King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV of Tongahttps://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/sep/20/guardianobituaries.rogercowe
Quixotic ruler who brought education, health and agricultural reform to his South Pacific kingdom<p>King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV of Tonga, who has died aged 88 was, like his mother Queen Salote, whom he succeeded 41 years ago, a physically large and long-lived monarch. But there was more to him than bulk; he was renowned for his intellectual abilities, the ambitions he held for his people and for the reforms he brought to Tongan society.</p><p>In 1965, when Crown Prince Tungi, as he then was, became ruler of the tiny South Pacific kingdom named by Captain Cook as the Friendly Isles, he might have been surprised to know that he would be on the throne for almost as long as the illustrious Salote: between them, mother and son reigned for 89 years. This writer, with more than 40 years' knowledge and experience of Tonga and Tongans, had long anticipated the passing of the king, though it is difficult to use the past tense in writing about such a towering figure.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/sep/20/guardianobituaries.rogercowe">Continue reading...</a>Tue, 19 Sep 2006 23:03:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/sep/20/guardianobituaries.rogercoweRoger Cowell2006-09-19T23:03:00Z